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Think Like a CTO
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Think Like a CTO

by Alan Williamson
April 2023
Intermediate to advanced
320 pages
11h 9m
English
Manning Publications
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9 Development

This chapter covers

  • Managing projects and communicating progress (good or bad) to the business
  • Evolving development practices to cope with a growing team
  • Governing quality and testing to achieve successful releases
  • Avoiding client lock-in solutions

Many CTOs come from an engineering background, steeped with building and producing code. They have evolved and risen through the development ranks, taking on larger projects and more responsibility. Every developer has their own way of doing things—their own mark they like to leave on something. That is what makes a development life so appealing: the creative freedom to do what is needed. When it comes to building a team or growing an enterprise, one has to step outside of that world ...

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